Helping Hand for Relief and Development

Legal name: Helping Hand for Relief and Development Inc

Overview

Mission

We serve and uplift people around the world

What it reported doing in 2024

Subsidiary program expense

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 91% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311628040
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Southfield, MI, USA
Phone
(888) 808-HELP (4357)
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Emergency Assistance
Affiliation
Islam

Official website

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.5%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 91.6%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $16.96 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 89.5%; rating input score 89; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 55.6%; rating input score 56; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.3%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.93; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.9%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 18 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 7 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 90.5% of revenue deployed · 91.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported · 4 of 6 affiliation controls reported
  • Programs: 8 filed program accomplishments · $80.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $191K · 17 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 36 current checks pass · 3 findings to review
  • Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 annual filings from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • JAVAID SIDDIQI (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $190,816 total reported compensation
  • FAROOQ HAQUE (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $159,324 total reported compensation
  • MUHAMMAD U BEIG (DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES): $144,740 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.